Dispensing-fixture for roll-paper.



F. W. CALVERT.

DISPENSING FIXTURE FOR ROLL PAPER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24, 1914.

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ERA N11 W. CALVERT, 0F NARBERTI-I, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOI-t T0 SCOTTPAPER COMPANY, A. CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

DISPENSING-FIXTURE FOR ROLLPAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20, 191d.

Application filed November 24, 1914. Serial No. 873,673.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. CALVERT, citizen of the United States, andresident of Narberth, county of Montgomery, and State of Pennsylvania,have invented an Improvement in Dispensing-Fixtures for Roll-Paper, ofwhich the following is a speclfication.

This invention relates to holders for packages of paper toweling orpaper for toilet purposes, and has for an object to provide a supportwherein the package is free to rotate to deliver the paper in desiredquantity as required, while the package is substantially locked inposition upon the holder until the supply of paper toweling or the l1keis exhausted.

It has for a further object to provide a means to prevent a too freedispensing of the paper whereby the quantity delivered to one user islimited to a reasonable amount and the waste therefore reduced to aminimum.

My invention has for a further object to provide a holder of thecharacter stated, which may be adjusted to receive paper packages ofdifferent sizes, and further to provide means for locking the supportinU members for the package in their adjusted represents a bottom plan ofone end of the holder; Fig. 1 represents a section on line 4-1- of Fig.1.

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, like parts in the various figures of the drawd designates a basemember, preferably of sheet metal, pressed into substantially U- formsuch'as shown in section in Fig. 2, and forming a support for a pair ofstandards 2 which carry the paper supporting adjuncts of the device, aswill hereinafter be apparent. In view of the fact that the standards andtheir component parts are in the present instance duplicates of eachother, the descpiiption will be confined to but one standar 3 designatesa suitable member mounted for sliding movement adjacent an end of thebase 1 and preferably conforming in shape to the bottom surface of thelatter and suitably guided by the lugs 4. located at each side of thebase. The standard 2 is also preferably of pressed metal open at oneside and having its upper end enlarged and substantially circular inform for the purpose of receiving a retaining collar 5. Its lower endpasses through an opening 6 in the base and terminates in suitabletongues 7 which are made fast to the member 3 in any de sired manner. Itwill be noted that the opening 6 is of sufficient size to permit thestandard to move with the member 3 longitudinally of the base withincertain limits to produce the desired result.

8 designates an aperture through the base member 1, positioned foralinement with any one of the openings 9 in the member 3 according tothe location of the slidable member 3. It will thus be seen, when thebase member is fixed in position upon a suitable support by passing ascrew 20 or like fastening device through the openings 8 and 9, that notonly will the base member be fixed in position but also the slidablemember 3 with its standard will be locked in its adjusted position.

The standard 2, as will be apparent, has an integral flange 10 laterallydisposed to form an enveloping wall bounding the sides of the standardin order to inclose the pack: age holding adjuncts and prevent impropertampering therewith.

The collar 5, as shown, is of circular configuration and has its outeredge crimped as shown at 11 to form an annular opening through which thepackage holding follower 12 projects. This follower is preferably ofsheet metal of truncated form, having an inner open end, thecircumferential bounding wall of which is outwardly flanged as shown at13 so as to seat in the rear of the crimped edge 11 and thus prevent thefollower from becoming outwardly displaced.

14c designates a spring of the compression type seated within both thecollar and the follower, so that one end bears against the followerwhile its opposite end seats upon a U-shaped, off-set 15 of a lever arm16. This 7 pct lever arm 16 projects through the open side the sides ofthe package 18.

of'the standard and traverses the opening 6 of the base where itterminates in a suitable slot 17 of the slidable member 3.

It will be understood that the collar 5 is suitably cut away at aportion of its rear side to permit the free passage of the lever arm 16.This arrangement thereby provides the spring 14 being sufiicienttopreventthe roll of paper from spinning about its bear-- ings, but ofcourse being insufficient to preventfree removal of the paper in'the de-7 sired manner. This construction provides a means, therefore, toprevent waste of the paper and tO lll11ltthe number of sheets which maybe torn off. It will further be 'through the opening 6 and opening l7'it7 cannot be manipulated, when the package is in position, to remove thepackage before it is completely used, though it will'be understoodthat-the openings referred to are sufficiently large to afford properclearance to permit free operative movement of the said arm. 1 4 Inmounting the paper upon the standards the latter are first adjusted inproper spaced relation to 'receive the package, this being done bysliding the members 3 to the proper pOSIt-IODS and bringing the requiredopenings 9 respectively into alinement with the base apertures 8. Thefastening device is then passed through the alined openings and into*a'suitable support to mountthe fixture in' operative position. Themanner of mounting the paper package should be obvious as it isonlynecessary to'press the followers back so that the package may beplaced benoted that since the lever arm 16 passes I have in the presentinstance shown and described the preferred embodiment thereof which hasbeen found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it isto be understood that the same is susceptible of modification in variousparticulars without departing from the spirit of the invention, orsacrificing any of its advantages.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. In a device of the character stated, abase, a pair of standards mounted thereon, means carried by one of saidstandards for supporting one end of a paper package, a follower movablycarried by the opposite standard for supporting the other end of saidpackage, a frictioi means independent of the follower for applyingfriction to the end of the paper roll to retard its rotation, and aspring having'one end pressing upon the follower to hold it normally inposition for supporting the paper and having its other end pressing uponthe friction means for yieldingly pressing it into contact with. thepaper.

2. In a device of the character stated, a base, a pair of standardsmounted thereon, means carried by one of said standards for supportingone end of a paper package, a

follower movably carried by the opposite standard for supporting theother end of said package, a lever fulcrumed upon the standard havingthe movably supported follower, said lever wholly independent of thefollower and having a long end for contacting with the paper,and aspring common to both the follower and the lever and arranged to applypressure upon said parts independ-.

ently of each other.

3. In a device of the character stated, a base, a pair of standardsmounted thereon,

, means carried by-one of the standards for tween the standards when thefollowers au- Y tomatically are projected into the respective ends ofthepackage supporting tube 19, as

will be apparent. v r r 'The device in its preferred form is pa-r- Itieularly adapted for the distribution of paper-towels, and the tensionof the-springs is so adjusted that the packagemay move freely to permittheremoval of one or two sheets of the toweling to each user. Fur.-

thermore, the holder is composed of few parts, which are simple inconstruction and visedfa novel and useful construction which supportingone end of a paper package, a follower movably carried by the oppositestandard for supporting the other end of said package, a lever fulcrumedupon said latter standard and having one end arranged in opposedrelation to said follower and the i 7 may be readily assembled as acomplete uniembodies the features of advantage enumer- V Qated asdesirable inthe statement of themvention and the above'description, andwhile other end adjacent the side of said package, and a springinterposed between said lever and said follower whereby said follower ismaintained in operative position and said lever frictionally engagessaid'package.

4. In a device of the character stated, a base having anopening therein,a pair of standards mounted on said base, means carried by one of saidstandards for supporting one end of a paper package, a follower Vmovablycarried by the opposite standard for; supporting the other end of saidpaek- 'age, a spring normally holding said follower n operative postion, and a lever controlled by said spring for frictionally engagingsaid package to retard the unwinding movement thereof, said lever havingone end seated in said base opening to form a lock to prevent removal ofsaid package.

5. In a device of the character stated, a base, a pair of standardsmounted thereon for relative movement whereby they may be relativelyadjusted toward or away from each other to vary the opening between saidstandards, a follower movably carried by each standard for supporting apaper roll between said standards, springs normally holding therespective followers in operative position, means controlled by eachspring for frictionally engaging the paper roll to retard the unwindingmovement thereof, and means for maintaining the standards in theirrelatively adjusted positions.

6. In a device of the character stated, a base, a pair of standardsmounted thereon, a follower movably carried by each standard forsupporting a paper package between said standards, springs normallyholding the respective followers in operative position, and a pluralityof levers independently controlled by the respective springs forfrictionally engaging said package to retard the unwinding movementthereof. I

7. In a device of the character stated, a base, a pair of standardsmounted thereon, one of said standards being adjustable with respect tothe other to vary the opening between said standards, means carried byone of said standards for supporting one end of a paper roll a followermovably carried by the opposite standard for supporting the other end ofsaid paper roll, a spring normally holding said follower in operativeposition, means controlled by said spring for frictionally engaging saidpaper roll to retard the unwinding movement thereof, and means forlocking said adjustable standard in its adjusted position.

8. In a device of the character stated, a base, a pair of standardsadjustably mounted thereon for movement toward or away from each otherto vary the opening between said standards, a follower movably carriedby each standard for supporting a paper roll between said standards,springs normally holding the respective followers in operative position,means controlled by each spring for frietionally engaging said paperroll to retard the unwinding movement thereof, and means forrespectively locking each standard in adjusted position.

9. In a device of the character stated, a base having an openingadjacent each end for a suitable fastening device, a pair of slidablemembers guided by said base and each having a plurality of openingstherein adapted for alinement with the respective base openings, astandard carried by each slidable member, a follower movably carried byeach standard for supporting a paper package between said standards,springs normally holding the respective followers in operative position,and means adapted to pass through the respective base openings and thealined openings of the slidable members for securing said base in fixedposition and locking said members in adjusted position.

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

FRANK W. CALVERT.

Witnesses:

P. D. PARsoNs, F. R. Wnssnns.

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